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AU2005259160A1
AU2005259160A1 AU2005259160A AU2005259160A AU2005259160A1 AU 2005259160 A1 AU2005259160 A1 AU 2005259160A1 AU 2005259160 A AU2005259160 A AU 2005259160A AU 2005259160 A AU2005259160 A AU 2005259160A AU 2005259160 A1 AU2005259160 A1 AU 2005259160A1
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    • G01MTESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
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    • H01S3/091Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping
    • H01S3/094Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping using optical pumping by coherent light
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
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    • H01S3/30Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range using scattering effects, e.g. stimulated Brillouin or Raman effects
    • H01S3/302Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range using scattering effects, e.g. stimulated Brillouin or Raman effects in an optical fibre

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Description

WO 2006/003206 PCT/EP2005/053218 LIGHT PULSE AMPLIFICATION IN LONG OPTICAL FIBERS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to a method and system for amplifying a light pulse in an optical fiber. If light pulses are transmitted through long optical 5 fibers the strength of the light pulses is gradually decreased due to reflection, scattering and/or absorption of the photons that are emitted through the optical fiber and reflected by a reflective coating surrounding the optical fiber. 10 International patent application WO 02/13423 discloses a method for amplification of the attenuated signal by means of multiple amplification signals, which are generally known as a Raman pump signals. The known amplification method is generally known as Raman pumping 15 and employs a pump signal that has a lower wavelength than the attenuated light pulse and is transmitted simultaneously and continuously with the signal light pulses into the fiber, such that the pump signals) interacts with the attenuated light pulses over a length 20 of fiber, which may be between one and several hundreds of kilometres, and stimulated Raman scattering amplify the attenuated signal. International patent application WO 00/65698 discloses a wide bandwidth Raman amplifier wherein at 25 least three pump sources provide pump power at different pump wavelengths that are spaced apart from another such that a prescribed Raman gain profile is generated in the optical fiber portion.
WO 2006/003206 PCT/EP2005/053218 -2 International patent application WO 02/084819 discloses an optical amplification system employing multiple laser groupings to provide a desired, e.g. flat, gain profile over a selected range of optical signal 5 wavelengths. The article "Extended-range optical time domain reflectometry (ODTR) system at 1650 nm based on delayed Raman amplification" published by Kee et al. in the magazine Optics Letters, Vol.23, No.5, 1 March 1998 10 discloses a delayed Raman amplification of a 1650 nm signal pulse by a 1530 nm pump pulse, such that amplification occurs when the two pulses overlap, and the position where amplification occurs is determined by the initial delay between the pulses and the fiber 15 dispersion. The currently available Optical Time Domain Reflectometry based sensing techniques are limited in output power of the emitted light pulse due to Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) in the optical fiber. If a 20 pump or signal light exceeds a certain power level in the fiber, the density of the fiber changes, which triggers SBS whereby most of the light bounces back to the direction it came form. The SBS effect limits the maximum range of the known sensing systems. 25 It is an object of the present invention to provide a Raman amplification method in which these limitations are alleviated. It is a further object of the present invention to extend the range of a pulsed sensing system by Raman 30 amplification in an optical fiber by amplifying/ compensating remotely for fiber losses when the signal level has decreased such that SBS is mitigated.
WO 2006/003206 PCT/EP2005/053218 -3 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Tn accordance with the invention there is provided a method for amplifying a light pulse in an optical fiber, wherein a Raman pump signal having a lower wavelength 5 than the light pulse is transmitted at a selected interval of time after the light pulse into the optical fiber, with dispersion such that the Raman pump signal travels faster through the fiber than the light pulse and reaches and enhances the light pulse after the light 10 pulse has travelled along a selected distance through the fiber, wherein the Raman pump signal is ramped in a substantially linear manner such that the amplification increases with the distance along which the light pulse has travelled along the length of the fiber and such that 15 the Raman gain is substantially similar to the fiber losses of the amplified signal. When used in this specification and accompanying claims the term dispersion indicates that the speed of light in a fiber is different for different wavelengths. 20 The term dispersion is also known as material dispersion and is a result of the physical effect that the index of refraction of a fiber core is different for different wavelengths, so that different spectral components (wavelengths) will propagate at different speeds along 25 the length of the fiber. The wavelength of the Raman pump signal may be between 50 and 250 nm lower than the wavelength of the light pulse and the wavelength of the light pulse may be between 1400 and 1700 nm and the Raman pump signal(RPS) 30 increases in a substantially linear manner from Al= SI+RPSmin at a distance dl to A 2 =S+ RPSmax at a distance d 2 >d 1 from the point where the light pulse is transmitted into the optical fiber.
WO 2006/003206 PCT/EP2005/053218 -4 The Raman pump signal may be transmitted at such an interval of time after the light pulse and may have such a lower wavelength than the light pulse that the Raman pump signal reaches the light pulse at a point in the 5 optical fiber which is located at a distance between 1 and 10 Kilometers from the point where the light pulse and Raman pump signal have been transmitted into the optical fiber. The Raman pump signal may be ramped such that full 10 gain of the light pulse by the Raman pump signal is accomplished at a distance of between 1 and 100 Kilometers from the point where the Raman pump signal has reached the light pulse. Optionally, the Raman pump signal contains multiple 15 Raman pumping wavelengths and is used to amplify both the light pulse and the part of the Raman pump signal that amplify the light pulse as they propagate down the fiber. In such case the different wavelengths of the Raman pump signal travel at different speed and overlap at different 20 times/locations. In such case it is preferred that the spacing between the different pump sources is from 30nm to 200nm. The system according to the invention for amplifying a light pulse in an optical fiber comprises a Raman pump 25 signal transmitter for transmitting a Raman pump signal having a lower wavelength than the light pulse at a selected interval of time after the light pulse into the optical fiber, such that the Raman pump signal travels faster through the fiber than the light pulse and reaches 30 and enhances the light pulse after the light pulse has travelled along a selected distance through the fiber, wherein the Raman pump signal is ramped such that the cumulative amplification increases with the distance WO 2006/003206 PCT/EP2005/053218 -5 along which the light pulse has travelled along the length of the fiber. Optionally, the system is configured for use to extend the reach of pulsed systems where the travel time 5 reflects position along a fiber. The pulsed system may be a pulsed sensing system, such as an Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (ODTR) system based on Rayleigh backscattering, a Strain and/or Temperature sensing system based on Brillouin 10 backscattering, a temperature sensing system based on Raman backscattering, an interferometric Fabry-Perot type sensing system, and/or a direct wavelength detection system based on Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs). These and other features, embodiments and advantages 15 of the method and system according to the invention will be apparent from the accompanying claims, abstract and the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the method and system according to the invention in which reference is made to the accompanying 20 drawing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an optical fiber through which a light pulse and a ramped Raman pump signal are transmitted such that the light pulse is 25 amplified in a gradually increasing manner as it travels along the length of the fiber. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIG.1 schematically illustrates an optical fiber 1 through which a pulsed light signal S travels at a 30 velocity vi. At a selected interval of time after the pulsed light signal S has been transmitted into one end 1A of the fiber 1 a ramped Raman pump signal RPS is transmitted into said end 1A of the fiber. The WO 2006/003206 PCT/EP2005/053218 -6 wavelength of the pulsed light signal S may typically be between 15 and 16 pn and the wavelength of the Raman pump signal RPS may typically be between 14 and 15 pW. As a result of its lower wavelength the Raman pump signal RPS 5 travels faster, at a velocity v2 > vl through the fiber 1 than the pulsed light signal S and therefore the Raman pump signal RPS reaches the pulsed light signal S at a distance dl from the first end 1A of the fiber. In accordance with the invention the Raman pump 10 signal RPS is ramped, such that along the length of the ramped part RPSR the strength of the Raman pump signal RPS increases from RPSmin to RPSmax Thus, when the Raman pump signal RPS reaches the pulsed light signal S at a distance di from the first end 15 1A of the fiber 1 the Raman pump signal RPS only has its minimum strength RPSmin and the relatively strong light signal Si is only amplified minimally, which is illustrated as A 1 =Si + RPSmin The Raman pump signal will from this point on 20 continuously amplify the signal Si in a substantially linear manner equal to the fiber losses distributed along the length of the fiber. At a distance d 2 the pulsed light signal has been maintained in strength and the Raman pump signal RPS has 25 been weakened due to fiber losses and pump to signal energy transfer. The Raman pump signal will have a strength such that the resulting signal gain is equal to the fiber loss. The use of a ramped Raman pump signal RPS keeps the 30 signal level below the Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) threshold in the region between di and d 2 such that the dynamic range and reach is increased of a fiber WO 2006/003206 PCT/EP2005/053218 -7 optical sensing system, such as an ODTR-system, in which the fiber 1 is employed as a fiber optical sensor.

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1. A method for amplifying a light pulse in an optical fiber, wherein a Raman pump signal having a lower wavelength than the light pulse is transmitted at a selected interval of time after the light pulse into the 5 optical fiber, with dispersion such that the Raman pump signal travels faster through the fiber than the light pulse and reaches and enhances the light pulse after the light pulse has travelled along a selected distance through the fiber, wherein the Raman pump signal is 10 ramped in a substantially linear manner such that the cumulative amplification increases with the distance along which the light pulse has travelled along the length of the fiber and such that the Raman gain is substantially similar to the fiber losses of the 15 amplified signal.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wavelength of the Raman pump signal is between 50 and 250 nm lower than the wavelength of the light pulse and the Raman pump signal (RPS) increases in a substantially linear manner from 20 Al= Sl+RPSmin at a distance disto A 2 =S+ RPSmax at a distance d 2 >di from the point where the light pulse is transmitted into the optical fiber.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the wavelength of the light pulse is between 1400 and 1700 nm. 25
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the Raman pump signal is transmitted at such an interval of time after the light pulse and has such a lower wavelength than the light pulse that the Raman pump signal reaches the light pulse at a point in the optical fiber which is located at WO 2006/003206 PCT/EP2005/053218 -9 a distance between 1 and 10 Kilometers from the point where the light pulse and Raman pump signal have been transmitted into the optical fiber.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the Raman pump signal 5 is ramped such that full gain of the light pulse by the Raman pump signal is accomplished at a distance of between 1 and 100 Kilometers from the point where the Raman pump signal has reached the light pulse.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the Raman pump signal 10 contains multiple Raman pumping wavelengths and is used to amplify both the light pulse and the part of the Raman pump signal that amplify the light pulse as they propagate down the fiber.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the different 15 wavelengths of the Raman pump signal travel at different speed and overlap at different times/locations.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the spacing between the different pump sources is from 30 nm to 200 nm.
9. A system for amplifying a light pulse in an optical 20 fiber, the system comprising a Raman pump signal transmitter for transmitting a Raman pump signal having a lower wavelength than the light pulse at a selected interval of time after the light pulse into the optical fiber, such that the Raman pump signal travels faster 25 through the fiber than the light pulse and reaches and enhances the light pulse after the light pulse has travelled along a selected distance through the fiber, wherein the Raman pump signal is ramped such that the amplification increases with the distance along which the 30 light pulse has travelled along the length of the fiber.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the system is configured for use to extend the reach of pulsed systems where the travel time reflects position along a fiber. WO 2006/003206 PCT/EP2005/053218 - 10
11. The system of claim 9, wherein the pulsed system is a pulsed sensing system, such as an Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (ODTR) system based on Rayleigh backscattering, a Strain and/or Temperature sensing 5 system based on Brillouin backsc-attering, a temperature sensing system based on Raman backscattering, an interferometric Fabry-Perot type sensing system, and/or a direct wavelength detection system based on Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs).
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